Cozy @ Home Crocheting

FINISHED OCT 12, 2009, but posted Nov 18.

Here is my spinning spiders doily! This was a free crochet pattern from www.jpfun.com and if you go to her site and sign up for her newsletter, you'll get an email each day with a thumbnail pic on it showing you the free pattern of the day (one day only, so get it if you want it, or lose it).   She also maintains quite a few free patterns there. :)

I made a practice spider to see what I'd think of painting it:

doily in danger, as spider approaches:

spider taking what he feels is his rightful place, as it is a spider web doily, afterall

July 3, 2009 (added in November 18, just catching up!)

This is the knitted MOCK CABLE DISHCLOTH dishcloth pattern that Annies Attic had as a free one day pattern some time ago, it originally appeared in their Creative Knitting magazine, March 2007, by Kathy Wesley.  I used Sugar'n Cream, color Natural Stripes and USA size & needles.  I cast on 38 st, instead of 50.  Looks like the pattern is a multiple of 4+2(36+2). I have made it extra long because I always do, as they shrink from top to bottom a lot.   It is actually longer than I would have made it, because I wanted the colors to repeat a certain way to finish.   I measured it, as I thought it'd be interesting to see how much height it loses when I wash & dry it:

Several of us on the Crochet Plus+ Forum are making this.

I used white, At Lydia golden yellow and DMC Traditions color 5369, which is a yellow green - and a #7 hook.

Link to pattern:

http://www.daintycrochet.com/doilysweetdaisy.html

Link to forum notes on it:

http://forums.delphiforums.com/crochetplus/messages/?msg=3131.1

I have started a doll forum on delphi.  I have been to many doll forums, but have the same problems:

1. they are not the easy to use forums as the ones here

2. they are doll specific, which means you have to go to 20 different ones to talk about YOUR dolls

All dolls are welcome, whether they are vintage or the new doll you just brought home from Kmart!

This is a test forum, to see if there is interest in it - you decide!

http://forums.delphiforums.com/dolldays/start 

I used Aunt Lydia 'Frosty Green' and Cebelia 745 Lt Pale Yellow with a #7USA hook

Pattern appeared in the issue:

1997 Hooked On Crochet Magazine, No. 64, Page 28, 29, 44.

Is now free online at:

http://www.freepatterns.com/search.html?parent_cat_id=&usage=&criteria=ruffled+tulip+doily 

NOTES:

RND 7 has you make ch3 and 7dc into the first ch spc, which will = 8dc, but the repeat only says 7dc, and it should say 8dc.  Tulips are rnds 7-11, incase you are changing colors.

This is a pattern for a Bleuette doll, but mine came out larger because of my yarn/hook choices and fits my pullip doll.  I did not use the popcorn type edging on this pattern, because I don’t think it suits my Pullip.    The pattern is here, click on translation link when you get there:

This is a free pattern called "Hearts Doily" by Cylinda Mathews, found here:

http://www.crochetmemories.com/archive/february5.html

My notes on the pattern are here:

http://forums.delphiforums.com/crochetplus/messages/?msg=2582.1

I used Aunt Lydia's Shaded Pinks & French Rose #10 thread, and 7 hook.

This simple scarf pattern is found here:

http://www.eachoneteachtwo.com/crochet_pattern.html

Here's my scarf and another scary AM late night (eyes like hallows of madness, hair like moldy hay) pic in the bathroom mirror!
The pattern calls for worsted weight yarn and an H hook, but since I used TLC baby yarn, which is a fingering wt, I used a G hook and also did 40ch stitches, instead of the 22, to start. With this weight yarn, I did 26 repeats of the rows, then finished with a 5row sc solid section.

MY PATTERN NOTES:

It is correct that there is no chain 1 at the end of row 5, as you will be including it in the ch 4 at the start of rnd 6.

Row 6 says:

*skip the next single crochet, double crochet in the next single crochet...

- but in fact, it is 2 sc you skip, because the first sc on a turned row is right there next to the chain you made to come up to the next row.  So you skip that and the next one, which is skip 2, then.

When going up the sides with the edging, it says to crochet a sc into the end of each of the 5 rows, then when you get to the space, to ch3 and got to the next 5 rows.   I wanted it to look more solid, so experimented with a ch3, a ch2 and finally chose a 2 hdc in the space to look more like the stitching on the 5 row ends.

When I got to the end of the long side and it was time to turn the corner to the fringe edge, I found that putting 2 sc in the last side st made it around the corner more smoothly.  

With the fringe, I found that if you put a sc in the first st, then ch30, then put the next sc in the next st, a gap appeared between the fringe loop, so on the first and last fringe loop, I fastened them with another sc into the SAME ch as they start in.  All the other fringe loops did fine with going to the next ch to sc into.  Hope this makes sense.

I started this earlier this month but forgot about it for awhile, and so just finished it.   It was an easy pattern, and there are those on www.ravelry.com who are doing it in double knitting.   I will have to try that sometime, it looks great like that!   Anyway, I used Peaches & Creme in Camel color, and #7 USA needles.   This is the link to the free pattern:

Dec 2,2008:   I made a little red hat to go with the Bleuette red thread dress I've been working on.   The link for the dress is below, but I haven't finished the sleeves and neck of it, not sure I will, I like it like this, so you never know if I will or not!   It's Bleuette pattern #73 here, and I made it for my Bruette, Chantel, who is wearing it, along with a quick crochet hat - it's not fastened in the back, so it's not fitting correctly in the pic:

http://www.threadsnstitches.com/id14.html

DEC 25, 2008:  Now I have a bleuette #251 and I decided to make housecoats for them and made a cute Christmas display with them decorating the tree, and then getting ready for santa.   I was very pleased at how they came out with just a few whacks on a felt square and adding some trim.
Girls have decorated the tree, but find 2 more ornaments and come running with them:

It's hard to find a place to hand any more ornaments though!

Nancy Clair in the red housecoat, can't figure out what to do with her stocking, but Chantel tells her, "I just laid my own the table so Santa would find it while eating our cookies!"

I have another Bleuette coming, so guess I'll need another housecoat!